No semi-final for Jasmine Paolini in Stuttgart. In the German WTA 500 the Tuscan was beaten by the Kazakh Elena Rybakina, world number four, in a hard-fought match which seemed, at a certain point, to be in favor of the Italian. Yes, because despite Rybakina’s superiority (one who won Wimbledon, let’s remember), Paolini was able to make the most of her opponent’s blackouts, one of which almost handed the match over to the Italians. However, it ended 6-3 5-7 6-3 in favor of the Kazakh, who might not be too happy to have remained on the court once again for a third set which appeared very distant at 6-3 4-2 in her favour, but in the end she managed to put the game back on autopilot as it was until halfway through the second set, taking off and returning to giving the sensation of great control, after that moment of absolute emptiness.
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Rybakina, on the other hand, is like this: a deadly player when she’s on the ball, she’s someone who has many ups and downs during the same match. This time the darkness for her came at 5-5 in the second, with three unfortunate backhands that opened the doors for Paolini to win the second set. However, Jasmine really did everything she could to stay in the match, stopping the 5-0 run for Rybakina in the first set and playing two super points at 5-3 30-30 and 40-40, but finding two great points as reactions of the Kazakh who took the line with the serve and the forehand. In the third set Jasmine had also gone ahead 2-0, but at that point Rybakina’s fury and greater strength came out, and she slowly started grinding her game again game, and with a deadly partial of 6 six games to one he closed the match.
